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Argentina cash controls bring bargains
Paraguayans returning from shopping in Clorinda, Argentina carry boxes and bags across the international bridge over the Pilcomayo River into the town of Nanawa, Paraguay. Picture: ...
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Deadly commuter train crash in Buenos Aires
A two-level commuter train slammed into another train that had stopped between stations in Buenos Aires killing at least three people and injuring more than 100. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...
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Argentina Province Slaps Hefty Tax on Embattled Mining Companies
--Santa Cruz Province imposes new 1% tax on mine reserves --Companies vow to challenge the duty in court --Industry struggling due to low metals prices, soaring costs and government regulations By Shane Romig BUENOS AIRES--Mining companies in Argentina'sSanta Cruz province are gearing up for a courtroom clash after the local legislature passed a steep tax hike that the companies say ...
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Argentina train crash kills at least 3 injures scores
A two-level commuter train slammed into another train that had stopped between stations in Buenos Aires killing at least three people and injuring more than 100. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...
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GrinGo Standup Argentina’s Best and Worst English Comedy Night
GrinGo Standup (Caf Rivas, Estados Unidos 302, Tuesdays 9pm) for the last year. They said no, that they'd already reviewed us, way back when we performed in a fleapit in Congreso, and that we were rubbish. They fed us the feeble excuse that all their unpaid interns lived in Palermo and couldn't be coerced into going to San Telmo (Caf Rivas, Estados Unidos 302) on a Tuesday night (9pm) ...
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Bargains and headaches as Argentinas thirst for dollars prompt currency and customs controls
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Brazilian visitors gawk in wonder as they stroll past shop windows along touristy Florida street in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. The jackets, the shoes -- they're all so cheap when your purse is stuffed with black-market money. Visitors who turn to the streets rather than the banks to swap their dollars in Argentina are getting a bonanza of extra pesos ...
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Chemical castration in Argentina for rapists?
Chemical castration of rapists seems a good way to prevent them from re-offending. But, if the 'treatment' is reversible by simply not taking the medicine anymore, and if taking the treatment get the rapist a light sentence, is it fair that the victim still has to carry his child if he makes her pregnant in the attack?
It was announced by officials in Argentina’s Mendoza province on the 21st of March, 2010, that chemical castration has been authorized for rapists convicted in the province. The move came after what the authorities called, a “significant rise” in the number of sexual assaults last year. Read more
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